c3 project introduction
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This is a brief introduction to the C3 Cyberlearning project. http://c3cyberlearning.ning.comTRANSCRIPT
Cyberlearning
in Biology
Education
Sam DonovanC3 Project [email protected]
Cyberlearning at Community Colleges (C3)NSF funded project to help biology faculty take advantage of online teaching and learning resources.
What is Cyberlearning?
“Learning that is mediated by networked computing and communications technologies”
Borgman, C. (2008), Fostering Learning in the Networked World: The Cyberlearning Opportunity and Challenge. Report of the NSF Taskforce on Cyberlearning. NSF, Arlington, VA.
4 Key Cyberlearning Resources
1.E-science data and tools2.Open educational resources3.Web 2.0 productivity and
communication4.National Science Digital
Libraries
C3 Project Partners
C3 Worskhops
• American Society for Microbiology Conference on Undergraduate Education (Spring)
• Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (Spring)
• Botanical Society of America (Summer)
• BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium (Summer)
• National Association of Biology Teachers (Fall)
C3 Community Site
Visual Literacy and Animations
http://www.johnkyrk.com/photosynthesis.htmlhttp://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/forestbiology/photosynthesis.swf
Collecting Data from Images
Visualizing Data
http://www.swivel.com/http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/http://www.gapminder.org/
RSS Feeds: Staying Current
We hope to see you soon at:http://c3cyberlearning.ning.com/
or Google – c3 cyberlearning
or email – [email protected]
Thanks.